Efficient Vans: A Best Practice Guide to Cost - Transport Cafe

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Introduction page 1
1.1 Who is this Document Aimed At? 1
1.2 The Importance of Van Efficiency 1
1.3 What is Efficient Van Use? 2
1.4 The Five Golden Rules 2
1.5 How Should this Guide be Used? 3
Understanding the Benefits of
Efficient Van Operations
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2.1 Overview of Benefits 5
2.2 Compliance: the Foundation of Best Practice 8
The Efficiency Review Process page 11
Improving Your Efficiency page 13
4.1 Understand: Establish Your Baseline 13
4.1.1 Gathering the Data 14
4.1.2 Using the Data 14
4.2 Prioritise: Identify Areas for Improvement 15
4.3 Assess: Root Causes and Solutions 15
4.4 Implement: Making the Change 16
4.5 Review: How Have You Done? 20
4.5.1 Monitoring 20
4.5.2 Reviewing Performance 20
4.5.3 Measuring Progress Towards Targets 21
4.5.4 Communicating Results 23